Derrick Williams or Michael Beasely

If you were the Minnesota Timberwolves.. Would you want to trade Beasely in order to give DWilliams the playing time to develop into what could potentially be the face of the franchise for years to come?

It remains to be seen how the bench tandem of Ronny Turiaf and Ryan Hollins will hold up and perform through the season. Neither are necessarily “high-impact” players but Turiaf brings a tremendous presence to the locker room. Hollins is athletic and willing.

Certainly, any rehab process has a vital mental aspect. It's a daily grind, often both tedious and painful, without the reward of playing. For Horford, just getting to the point where he could return was no small feat.

As everyone knows, O’Neal manned the middle for the Lakers during their three straight championship runs a decade ago. He often referred to himself as “the CEO” of those teams -- which, of course, led to the clashes with Kobe Bryant.

Again, it’s early, but that is the way it’s looking. Samuels and Leuer are both expected to back up second-year man Tristan Thompson at power forward. Samuels is more of an inside threat, Leuer is a big man who’s effective from the perimeter. So it’s a safe bet Scott will play each according to matchups.